English verb: stop up | |||
1. | stop up (contact) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | ||
Samples | Plug the hole. Stop up the leak. | ||
Synonyms | plug, secure | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | close, fill up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chink, cork, cork up, stopper, stopple, tampon | ||
Entail | enter, infix, insert, introduce | ||